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  1. TIL that when Diogenes, the ancient Greek philosopher, noticed a prostitute's son throwing rocks at a crowd, he said, "Careful, son. Don't hit your father."

    89264 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  2. Cat likes being held.

    88748 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  3. Whoa take it easy Kimberly

    88653 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  4. Amen to that.

    88614 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  5. "Is that him? It's him! He's home!"

    88118 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  6. Street art in Long Beach, California

    88116 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  7. 'I refuse to be caged'

    87917 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2018

  8. Super excited about motherhood

    87160 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  9. 7 years later, I'm officially an U.S Citizen. 'Murica.

    86620 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  10. I knew something seemed off

    86397 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  11. My dad is an amputee. He texts me pics like this often.

    86270 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  12. When you don’t have enough money....or Legos.

    86041 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  13. Today was my last chemo treatment for breast cancer!

    86032 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  14. HTML backgrounds too, please

    85789 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  15. My wife just shot this pic of a sleepy albino squirrel

    85605 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  16. Guy orders bong. Package arrives and its an Xbox remote.

    85308 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  17. After years of renting apartments without enough space for a dog, I finally saved enough to mortgage a house with a yard and adopted this sweet girl

    85220 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  18. Teacher makes dancing possible for tiny paraplegic student

    85043 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  19. Friend took this screenshot in Horizon: Zero Dawn. All I see is Conan O'Brien in the smoke cloud

    84878 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  20. The judge tossing aside a letter from convicted child molester Larry Nassar is a thing of beauty.

    84782 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  21. Today another Iranian woman took off her hijab in the same place as the previous one

    84779 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  22. This guy is so far behind on his rent, and he doesn't even care.

    83991 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  23. If the Moon were at the same distance as the ISS

    83935 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  24. Majestic cloud

    83872 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  25. Pinterest is like a virus that infected the google image search.

    83503 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  26. Subway staredown

    83376 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  27. Dolphins, with Gray Whales for scale

    83313 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  28. When you reach 100 years old in Barbados, you get a stamp in your honour. Lovely.

    83282 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  29. How the dinosaurs became extinct

    83173 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2018

  30. 50 Cent forgot he had a stash of Bitcoin now worth $8m

    83096 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  31. Incredibly skilled Inline Freestyle champion, Feng Hui

    82916 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  32. This worm crawling through this outdoor mat.

    82783 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2018

  33. When your execution's at 6:00 but you gotta fight the Empire at 6:01

    82768 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  34. Bill Murray at the Mark Twain Prize event for David Letterman.

    82613 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  35. Four stars

    82508 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  36. Tom Hanks to Play Mr. Rogers in ‘You Are My Friend’

    82471 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  37. TIL Australian opium farmers found mysterious crop circles in their fields. The culprits were wallabies who got high and bounced around in circles

    82465 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  38. "I'm prepared to be shot," says one protester as Russia’s youth takes the lead in countrywide protests against Putin.

    82396 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  39. Our wee boy Hamish likes to play ball, but only if he’s the ball.

    81183 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  40. Two teenage boys were rescued by a brand new lifesaving drone in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use it. After being spotted struggling in heavy surf 700m (2,300ft) offshore, lifesavers sent the drone to drop an inflatable rescue pod, and the pair made their way safely to shore.

    80913 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  41. Matt Groening drawn by Seth MacFarlane and Seth MacFarlane drawn by Matt Groening

    80727 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  42. That's some nice calligraphy you got there...

    80520 upvotes • comment • jan 31, 2018

  43. I have 4 feathered friends who come by my window every morning for Breakfast

    80312 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  44. Lil bro makes Play-Doh figures and he's actually pretty good!! He has no idea I took pictures, wanted to show him some love and encouragement to keep going!!

    80048 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  45. TIL that Usain Bolt was offered a position as wide receiver in the NFL and rejected it due to the hits NFL players take.

    79733 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  46. "HEY YOU, WITH THE THUMBS"

    79614 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  47. 1 Square Foot Of Bunny

    79516 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  48. Snow Time-lapse

    78836 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2018

  49. Photo I took of the Charles River looks like two different pictures

    78520 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  50. Everyone in Hawaii is mad about the malfunction of the early warning system. Those fools.

    78381 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  51. Laser-cut paper notecards: As you use them, a hidden object is excavated

    78174 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  52. Yeah, he just did that

    78123 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  53. A level of savagery unparalleled

    77969 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  54. Met this good boy in Taiwan

    77663 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  55. Canadian police officers meditating before they start their day

    77532 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  56. This is my worst nightmare

    77331 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  57. TIL the US Navy replaced expensive and clunky periscope controls on submarines with Xbox 360 controllers, which reduced training time from hours to minutes

    77226 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  58. How I got this shot, I don't even know

    77088 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  59. MRW Your need to update old gifs to fit in

    76923 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  60. TIL of Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese soldier during the War of Afghanistan who was attacked by 30 insurgents. Believing he was about to die, he expended all 400 rounds of his ammunition, launched 17 grenades, detonated a Claymore mine, and killed an attacker with his tripod, causing them to retreat.

    76876 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2018

  61. He’s onto us!!

    76313 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  62. Never forget your gaming partner.

    75985 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2018

  63. Snuggles with dad

    75746 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  64. If they made a show called "White Mirror" that was about all the positive aspects of the human/technology relationship, what would be the plot of certain episodes?

    75684 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  65. Missing the memo for dress-up day

    75214 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  66. TIL that when Bill Watterson turned down the opportunity to license and merchandise “Calvin and Hobbes,” it was estimated that he was turning down $300-400 million to maintain the integrity and purity of the comic.

    75152 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2018

  67. My great grandmother turned 100 on Thursday - She lives at home, reads the bible without glasses and supplies the whole family with socks.

    75038 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  68. My grandma was a hardcore gamer well into her late 80's, until her arthritis made it impossible to hold a controller. She drew this map and took notes before strategy guides existed. This is Ganons castle. Miss you Grandma.

    74707 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  69. The Columbia Space Shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere 15 years ago. Today, NASA will honor all those who have lost their lives while advancing human space exploration.

    74575 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  70. TIL that after her husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended class and took notes for both of them, typed her husband's dictated papers and cared for their daughter and her sick husband—all while making the Harvard Law Review.

    74521 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  71. Binghamton University researchers have been working on a self-healing concrete that uses a specific type of fungi as a healing agent. When the fungus is mixed with concrete, it lies dormant until cracks appear, when spores germinate, grow and precipitate calcium carbonate to heal the cracks.

    74408 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  72. Every few years Tom Hanks plays a slightly more serious Captain.

    74229 upvotes • comment • jan 19, 2018

  73. An old abandoned road slowly healing over and being reclaimed by nature.

    73930 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018

  74. MRW I find out I'm going to be an older brother in my 30's.

    73789 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  75. Ashleigh Banfield Rips Aziz Ansari Accuser, Calls Allegations 'Reckless and Hollow'

    73772 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  76. Democrats Criticize The Amazon HQ2 Bidding War: "The cities should not compete against each other in a race to the bottom. It’s absurd for the taxpayers to offer subsidies to one of the richest companies in the world."

    73651 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  77. PsBattle: A jewel in the sea

    73620 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  78. We discovered a locked safe in the floor during remodel of our old home

    73570 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  79. Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit

    73536 upvotes • comment • jan 26, 2018

  80. Antelope running down the highway

    73076 upvotes • comment • jan 17, 2018

  81. Biggest Cheater in Video Gaming History Fully Exposed for over 35 years of bullshittery

    73040 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  82. Billionaire Barry Sherman, one of the most powerful capitalist in Canada and a close friend of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been executed along with his wife by multiple killers in Toronto

    72977 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  83. So regarding black panther ...

    72697 upvotes • comment • jan 20, 2018

  84. I created a long-exposure composite of last week's Atlas V launch and star trails above an abandoned sailboat.

    72619 upvotes • comment • jan 28, 2018

  85. Left a case of water out and got to witness “snap freeze.”

    72509 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  86. An invisible obstacle

    72441 upvotes • comment • jan 18, 2018

  87. Germans make the best faces when confused

    72428 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  88. Wait for it

    72395 upvotes • comment • jan 21, 2018

  89. The phenomenon of "crown shyness" in camphor trees

    72255 upvotes • comment • jan 24, 2018

  90. Lift off!

    72217 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  91. Me irl

    71972 upvotes • comment • jan 29, 2018

  92. Africa's smallest cat is also the world's deadliest.

    71933 upvotes • comment • jan 16, 2018

  93. TIL Lincoln was famous for his self-deprecating sense of humor. When accused of being two-faced, Lincoln replied, “Honestly, if I were two-faced, would I be showing you this one?”

    71497 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  94. After 15 years, EVE Online is having it's first $1,000,000 battle tomorrow. Here is your guide to the action.

    71471 upvotes • comment • jan 22, 2018

  95. Smoking only about one cigarette per day carries a risk of developing coronary heart disease and stroke much greater than expected: around half that for people who smoke 20 per day. No safe level of smoking exists for cardiovascular disease. Smokers should aim to quit instead of cutting down.

    71438 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  96. Father buys $64,259 ad calling for police to reopen investigation into son's death

    71416 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  97. choir perfectly imitates a thunderstorm, then they start singing...

    71270 upvotes • comment • jan 27, 2018

  98. Furong city, China.

    71150 upvotes • comment • jan 25, 2018

  99. TIL LEGO refuses to make sets that are military themed despite the fact they are forfeiting profits. This is because the company has a policy not to portray war as child's play, they state that they want their play experiences to remain in the "realm of fantasy".

    71056 upvotes • comment • jan 30, 2018

  100. Trying to pacifist run SuperHot is insane.

    71040 upvotes • comment • jan 23, 2018